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Dragon of the East - A Skyrim Retelling

  • Member
    October 29, 2015
    Well I can't "read and find out" because nobody is dead yet.
  • Member
    October 29, 2015

    I'm well aware of that, but your question is very spoiler-ish. I have essentially the entire story planned out, so I know what's going to happen. I'm just not telling. You'll have to wait and see when I write it.

  • Member
    October 29, 2015
    I'm not asking any names or anything just if you plan on at least one dying.
  • Member
    October 29, 2015

    RAFO 

  • Member
    October 29, 2015
    And again I can't.
  • Member
    October 29, 2015

    Then you will have to wait and then read! 

  • Member
    October 29, 2015
    I'll just take it as a no for now and stop worrying about it.
  • Member
    November 13, 2015
    Hmmm....yes...? That's..... Intriguing. Great work by the way, I lurk a fair bit but rarely log in.
  • Member
    November 19, 2015

    TL;DR

    Two chapters of Arc 3 are done. Nano's kicked my a**. Figuring out what to plan for the future.

     

    FULL POST

    I think some updates are due.

    So for anyone who doesn't know, I've moved into a new house this past week. The work's been a chore, but the end seems to be in sight (like a bright light and the end of a... still very long tunnel).

    Nanowrimo has been a mixture of soul-crushing defeat and thrilling discovery. The idea I'd been planning to write for months fell through, but a new story has risen from its ashes that has me very excited. If I had to give it a WIP title, I'd call it Kindredfire.

    It's a heroic fantasy about dragons. And swords. And dragons wielding swords. And, unlike my last original idea, its 100% human-free (which, oddly, is the part that excites me the most).

    Now why am I saying all of this?

    Because I haven't been writing nothing this past month. I haven't written much, in all serious honesty, and most of it has been infodumps. But I've been trying constantly. What writing hasn't gone toward Kindredfire has gone toward DOTE.

    The first two chapters of Arc 3 are finished. I've also begun subsequent chapters and hope to have at least four done by the end of this month.

    I won’t be releasing them right away, though, mostly because I need to figure out how I’m going to approach finishing this Arc. If I decide to release the chapters sooner rather than later, they'll probably be up sometime in December.

     

    To be frank, though, I'm torn as to how I should move forward.

    I think I'm actually hitting a wall here... DOTE is burning me out. After my book idea fell though, I thought maybe I could try and go the distance and finish Arc 3 before starting a new story, but... these past few weeks have made me nervous. DOTE's never been this hard to write before. I don't think I'll last long enough to finish the Arc at this rate.

    I'm noticing this about myself - I tend to easily abandon projects because I'm always thinking of new ones. Since I have every intention of finishing Arc 3, though, I'm going to be smart about this. 

    After the first four chapters of Arc 3 are finished, I'm going to stop writing DOTE cold turkey for a while. I'm going to commit all of my energies and enthusiasm to Kindredfire. My hope is that this will help me feel more rejuvenated when the time comes to return to DOTE. It'll be sort of a pallet cleanser.

    This is all a learning experience for me. I don't know yet what I'm capable of committing to or what my limits are. There's a lot of trial and error to be had. But I'll find the motivation to keep writing. Obstacles are what you see when you lose sight of your goals. I haven't lost sight of mine.

    I hope to make Arc 3 the best it can be, but I have to make sure I don’t get tired of the series. If that means taking a break from it, then that’s what I’ll do.

    As always, I’ll try to be forthcoming and let you all know what’s going on. 

  • Member
    November 19, 2015
    Don't worry about it Okan. Trial and error is a normal part of writing, just use it to teach yourself a lesson to not repeat it... That's all you can hope for.